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Key words : more than 4,000 harris
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220927_03/
More than 4,000 people will gather for former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo's state funeral in Tokyo on Tuesday. Abe was shot and killed during an election campaign speech in July.
Speakers at the funeral include Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, the heads of Japan's Lower and Upper Houses and the Supreme Court's Chief Justice.
Former Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide will also speak on behalf of Abe's friends.
Members of the public will be able to place flowers at an altar near the venue.
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be among representatives from about 200 countries, regions and international organizations.
Prime Minister Kishida is scheduled to meet separately with about 40 foreign dignitaries through Wednesday.
Security is extremely tight around the venue, as well as foreign missions and facilities accommodating VIPs.
The government's decision to hold a state funeral has drawn protests. Some say paying the entire cost of the event with public money is inappropriate.
Others question the rationale. Only one other post-war former prime minister was given a state funeral.
An NHK opinion poll this month found more than half of respondents did not approve of holding the event.
Seventy-two percent said the government's explanation was not enough.
Abe's shooter was arrested on the scene. He reportedly holds a grudge against a religious group with which he believes Abe had close ties.
The suspect told investigators his mother had donated huge amounts of money to the group, seriously disrupting their family's life.
The group, previously known as the Unification Church, has been accused of forcing followers to purchase items by inciting anxieties about spiritual matters.
Abe's fatal shooting turned the public eye to the group's political connections, especially with lawmakers of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The latest NHK poll revealed 65 percent of the respondents said they did not think the LDP was adequately addressing the matter.
Key words : Kishida rule
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220927_37/
Japan's longest-serving prime minister is being remembered for his life's work and his tragic death. Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo was gunned down during an election campaign speech in July. Thousands gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday to mourn.
Members of the Imperial Family and lawmakers from across Japan joined the leaders of all three branches of government for the state funeral. About 700 foreign representatives also attended.
All stood in silent memory of the slain former prime minister before watching a compilation of Abe's comments on his nation's strengths and its future.
Prime Minister Kishida conveyed his condolences, saying, "Abe Shinzo was the one who worked harder than anyone else in the world to build and maintain peace within Japan, the region and across the globe and to maintain and promote an international order that values freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law."
Former Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide also gave a eulogy on behalf of Abe's friends. The two worked closely for years -- Abe as Japan's leader, and Suga as his Cabinet's voice.
Suga said, "You were determined to make Japan a country that could contribute to the world in all areas as a truly peace-loving nation. You had to commit and make decisions each and every day. But we never saw you without a smile on your face."
Key words : opponent nhk unification
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220927_18/
Japan will soon bid a final farewell to the country's longest-serving prime minister with a state funeral. Abe Shinzo was shot and killed during a political rally in July.
More than 4,000 people will gather at the Nippon Budokan arena in central Tokyo. Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will speak, along with the heads of the Upper and Lower Houses, as well as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Former Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide will also deliver a eulogy on behalf of Abe's friends.
Abe's is only the second state funeral held in Japan. The other was for former Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru 55 years ago.
Members of the public have been laying flowers outside the venue to pay their respects. Flags at government offices across Japan are also being flown at half-mast.
But Tuesday's day of mourning is also a day of protests.
Some opponents of the state funeral say the government and Japanese taxpayers should not bear the entire cost of the event. Others question the rationale since only one other former prime minister has been given a state funeral since the end of World War Two.
An NHK opinion poll this month found more than half of respondents did not approve of the event. Seventy-two percent said the government had not done a good enough job explaining why a state funeral was needed.
Abe's death has also shed light on another political controversy. The suspect says he held a grudge against a religious group he claims bankrupted his family. He says he believed Abe had had close ties with the group.
The group, previously known as the Unification Church, has been accused of demanding large sums of money from its followers.
In the wake of the shooting, hundreds of Japanese lawmakers admitted ties with the group, including about half of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party's members.
Kishida has told his party's members to sever those links. Nonetheless, the latest NHK poll suggests almost two-thirds of respondents do not think the LDP has adequately addressed the matter.
Key words : japanese diplomat 48 hours
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220927_06/
Russia's Federal Security Service says it has detained a diplomat from the Japanese Consulate General in the Russian Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok for alleged espionage and has ordered him to leave the country.
The security agency said the Russian government declared the Japanese diplomat persona non grata.
The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that it summoned a senior Japanese Embassy official in Moscow over the "illegal activities" of the consul. It also said the ministry notified the official that the diplomat in question must leave Russia within 48 hours.
The ministry said it also lodged a strong protest against the Japanese government.
The Japanese Embassy in Moscow confirmed that a diplomat with the consulate general in Vladivostok received such an order.
Japanese embassy officials said Russia's detention and interrogation of the consul is extremely regrettable and totally unacceptable, since it is a clear violation of the Vienna Convention. They said the Japanese embassy has lodged a protest with the Russian foreign ministry.
Relations between Japan and Russia have soured over the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. In April, both countries expelled each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat moves.
Key words : north joint military kim
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220927_07/
The North Korean ambassador to the United Nations has condemned the joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea as "an extremely dangerous act."
Ambassador Kim Song made the remarks in a speech before the UN General Assembly on Monday. The US-South Korea joint exercises, which involve a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, kicked off on the same day in the Sea of Japan.
Kim described the exercises as "an act of igniting the fuse to drive the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war."
He cited a law on the use of nuclear weapons that the North's parliament adopted earlier this month.
He justified his country's nuclear development as the best way to protect the peace and stability of the peninsula from hostile policies and military threats from the US and other countries.
Kim stressed that his country's military strength is bound to grow continuously in direct proportion to the increase of US hostile policies and "military blackmail."
North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Sunday.
The country also appears to be preparing to fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM, which could set off alarms in the US and other countries.
Key words : defense ministry gathering ship
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220927_02/
Japan's Defense Ministry says a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship has sailed into the Sea of Japan, where a joint US-South Korean military exercise is taking place.
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force confirmed the ship sailing east in the East China Sea about 100 kilometers southwest of Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, around midday last Friday.
The Chinese navy vessel then passed through the Tsushima Strait before entering the Sea of Japan.
The entry comes at a time when the US and South Korean militaries are conducting joint drills in the waters. The four-day exercise, which kicked off on Monday, involves a carrier strike group led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.
Japanese defense ministry officials said they will keep an eye out for the Chinese vessel, since it might attempt to collect intelligence about the exercise.
Key words : automaker far east
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220926_17/
Japanese automaker Mazda is in talks to end production at a joint venture in Russia's Far East. The company says the war in Ukraine has made the plant unsustainable.
Mazda and the Russian automaker Sollers set up their joint venture in Vladivostok in 2012 to assemble SUVs and other cars for the Russian market using parts shipped from Japan. They produced about 29,000 vehicles last year.
Operations were suspended in April after Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted supply chains. Mazda officials say they can't see production resuming under current circumstances.
Another Japanese automaker, Toyota, has also announced plans to shut its factory in St. Petersburg because of the impact of the war in Ukraine.
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